1/16/2024 0 Comments Faraway puzzle escape quote![]() It also creates continual fragmentation, and this fragmentation mimics the separation of families, the annexation of a sovereign country’s territories, and the destruction occurring because of ongoing war. The lack of poem titles reinforces the sense of loss, displacement, and departure. Adding to the poems’ mythical tones is the fact that the poems are untitled. Vividly stunning, the collection leaves readers contemplating the meaning of banishment, home, and geographical, even cultural, loss. Departures, expulsions, and displacements permeate the collection, drawing on Ukraine’s historical importance and complexities and elevating losses, wars, and even abandoned buildings to a universal, yet mythical realm. The eleventh volume in Lost Horse Press’s Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry Series, Kateryna Kalytko’s Nobody Knows Us Here, and We Don’t Know Anyone processes separation, loss, and drastic personal and social changes while hinting at the ongoing war in Ukraine. Read more >Ī Review of Nobody Knows Us Here, and We Don’t Know Anyone by Kateryna Kalytko by Nicole Yurcaba The whole of this work is truly greater than the sum of its parts and it serves as a rich primer on the state of the world climate in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Epilogues is a hybrid approach, and as such, is not history, not essay, not poetry, while being all three of those at the same time. Hers is the confident voice of a studied naturalist, the rhetoric of a skilled essayist, and the lyric lament of a sensitive and attentive human being. Through her Socratic-styled inquiry, she tackles the inevitability of human diminishment in the story of the earth in an unvarnished realism that seeks to advance thoughtful questions as much as answer them. In this multi-faceted work, a combination of geological history, documentarian essay, and poetic lament, Hurd explores our current eco-status without the taint of either romanticism or hyper-dystopianism. Barbara Hurd, in Epilogues: Afterwords on the Planet provides such an inquiry. ![]() In an age of sound bites, reductionist agendas, and oversimplifications, it is refreshing and comforting to see that honest and open-ended inquiry is still possible. _ July 2023 Asking the Big Questions: Barbara Hurd’s Epilogues: Afterwords on the Planet by Andy Ray In the meantime, happy summer, and enjoy! Our new Senior Reviews Editors, Esteban Rodriguez and Linda Michel-Cassidy, will also be assigning a selection of books, bringing an exciting perspective to Tupelo Quarterly’s already vibrant offerings in literary criticism. In the coming months, look for more review-essays, as well as small press features and discussions of new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid texts. For the month of July, it’s an honor to feature and celebrate three exciting new books: Epilogues: Afterwords on the Planet by Barbara Hurd, Serhiy Zhadan’s Sky Above Kharkiv: Dispatches from the Ukrainian Front, and Kateryna Kalytko’s Nobody Knows Us Here, and We Don’t Know Anyone. ![]() What better way to get to know each other than by being trapped in a room together and having to work as a team to find your way out? If you like high-octane adventures where you get to show off your problem-solving skills, mobile escape rooms are the way to go.įind out more about mobile escape rooms below, or get in touch for a quote.I’m thrilled to introduce three new additions to the Reviews Page at Tupelo Quarterly. They’re great for boosting morale, encouraging teamwork and building trust, and can be tailored to groups of all sizes and ages. Whether you’re planning a children’s party, team event or want something a bit different for your wedding day, mobile escape rooms will be a real hit with your guests. Mobile escape rooms will be set up and dismantled for you, so all you need to think about is solving those puzzles and making sure you’re on the winning team! There’s plenty to choose from, including survival games, murder mysteries and heist challenges, so you’re sure to find something for everyone. They’re full of clues, puzzles and tasks and a great way to bond and use your brain cells to good use. ![]() These mobile escape rooms are immersive experiences that bring people together through brilliant mental and physical challenges. But now, instead of having to organise transport to a faraway venue, you can bring the fun to you with these mobile escape rooms for hire! Perfect for parties and team building days, escape rooms have taken the world by storm. ![]()
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